Poor broodie... I guess :)

I have a hen who has been broody for a while-- she's sitting on muscovy eggs.

She came out this morning to eat, drink, etc, leaving my barred rock as a baby-sitter and my 8-ish week old goose FREAKED OUT! She chased my poor broodie around the backyard, pulling on her tail feathers and yelling at her. I guess she doesn't remember who the broodie is and strangers must be terminated!

And, honestly, I didn't feel too bad. My broody hen has been SO MEAN since she decided to set, she so deserved this. She's fine, under the watchful gaze of my one goose, and a little subdued...

As long as the eggs are fertile she will hatch em Chickens are better incubators than we are If she is crabby now, she wont hesitate to bite when she hatches them Good luck, i hope she hatches out some reasons to be grouchy